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[burth] / bɜrθ /




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Jupiter began forming extraordinarily early in Solar System history, within approximately one million years of the Sun's birth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The ad features Acton’s birth mother, with whom Acton has been estranged since she was 12, calling her daughter a liar.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026

Was Balshaw ever approached by the LTA to represent the country of his birth?

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

In 2015, Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, pledged to give away 99% of his Facebook shares over their lifetimes when they celebrated the birth of their first daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Still—oddly—some weeks after the birth of Fern and Edward, and all the dramatic events of that strange, moonlit night, a letter arrived from Europe.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Ms. Carvajal and Ms. Ostler, both journalists, track the marriages, divorces, Catholic conversions, births and deaths of various family members against the backdrop of a vanishing way of life and impending disaster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“There’s about 3.6 million births in the U.S. and it’s been relatively flat for a while,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

"We would like the Welsh government to set a target to reduce stillbirth, neonatal deaths, preterm births", said Georgia Stevenson, head of the Sands and Tommy's joint policy unit.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

But with Xuan and Zhang controlling the firm that arranged the surrogate births, no one looked into their backgrounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Preserved Maya writing was similarly devoted to propaganda, births and accessions and victories of kings, and astronomical observations of priests.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

A speech at the Pnyx, where Athenians once gathered for popular assemblies that birthed democracy, provided a perfect opportunity to link America First to ancient Greek statecraft.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

While medieval Iberia and pre-Columbian Mexico were radically different places, the imagination that birthed these beasts reveals shared interests that transcended time, place and culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Wyle: As you’re saying that, that’s what birthed “The Pitt.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

It also created the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network that ultimately birthed the internet.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

My parents had birthed and raised and loved me, and for that I owed them a debt.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

Ultimately, World War II in Asia was about the dismantling of three empires—British, Dutch and French—and the birthing of new nations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Zika can spread from a birthing parent to their child in the womb and cause congenital disabilities, which notoriously led to panic after an outbreak erupted in Brazil in 2015.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Like the spine, the human pelvis must balance two competing demands: efficient bipedal walking and birthing large-brained infants.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

The state plans to later expand to additional hospitals and birthing centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

But I know that birthing kills so many women—and babies—that John has reason to worry.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone


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